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Scottish Bible Society (SBS), founded in 1809 as the Edinburgh Bible Society, amalgamated in 1861 with the Glasgow Bible Society (founded 1812) to form the National Bible Society of Scotland, is a Scottish
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that exists to make the
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available throughout the world. The Scottish Bible Society arose as a separate organisation to the British & Foreign Bible Society over its desire to print Metrical Psalms as an additional book at the back of the Bible. At the time BFBS did not allow additional books to be added to the Bible. It also acted as a missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as
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during the late
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Bibleworld

Bibleworld
is the schools education department of the Scottish Bible Society. Since 1991, Bibleworld has been sharing the Bible with children and young people. Bibleworld used to operate as a 45 foot long mobile classroom which visited schools and churches throughout Scotland, called Bibleworld Mobile. At the end of 2016 the Bibleworld Mobile classroom was retired after a decade of service and a new resource was sought that could continue to help churches build supportive links with schools and families in their communities. The next generation of Bibleworld is an after school resource designed to be used in book club format, called Bibleworld Books. It is designed to meet the requirements of the Scottish
Curriculum for Excellence Curriculum for Excellence is the national curriculum for Scottish schools for learners from the ages 3–18. It was developed out of a 2002 consultation exercise – the 'National Debate on Education' – undertaken by the-then Scottish Execu ...
in creative and dynamic ways.


Scots Gaelic

The New Testament was first translated into Scottish Gaelic by Rev James Stuart, minister of Killin, and published in 1767, and the full Bible was completed in 1801. The Metrical Psalms were produced in 1826. The Scottish Bible Society has overseen the revision and updating and printing of this Bible and the Metrical Psalms. Recently the Scots Gaelic Bible was revised by Donald Meek into modern orthography and printed with the Metrical Psalms in 1992. In 2002 an edition of the Scots Gaelic New Testament was produced as a diglot with the English New King James Version (NKJV) along with the 1826 Metrical Psalms, with updated orthography.


New Gaelic Translation

Until recently, there was a project to translate the New Testament into modern Gaelic. The Gospel of John (Soisgeul Eòin) was published in 2010, and released at the Gaelic Mod in Thurso. In 2018, work was completed on a Gaelic New Testament which is available now on th
YouVersion Bible App
and is now available in print format too. It was complete over a decade through the involvement of a collaboration between the Scottish Bible Society, Church of Scotland, Free Church of Scotland, and other interested parties.


See also

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Christianity in China Christianity in China has been present since at least the 3rd century, and it has gained a significant amount of influence during the last 200 years. While Christianity may have existed in China before the 3rd century, evidence of its existe ...
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List of Protestant missionaries in China This is a list of notable Protestant missionaries in China by agency. Beginning with the arrival of Robert Morrison in 1807 and ending in 1953 with the departure of Arthur Matthews and Dr. Rupert Clark of the China Inland Mission, thousands of f ...
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Protestant missions in China 1807-1953 In the early 19th century, Western colonial expansion occurred at the same time as an evangelical revival – the Second Great Awakening – throughout the English-speaking world, leading to more overseas missionary activity. The nineteenth centu ...
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Timeline of Chinese history __NOTOC__ This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the li ...


External links


Scottish Bible Society website
* * ttp://Bibleworld.co.uk Bibleworld websitebr>Scottish Bible Society Trailer Brings Gospel to Scotland’s Children


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